#Latest news with #FifaVicePresidentTimes15-05-2025PoliticsTimesIt's time UK hosted men's World Cup again, says Fifa leaderThe United Kingdom has been urged to bid to host the men's World Cup by one of football's most powerful leaders. Victor Montagliani, a Fifa vice-president who runs football in north and central America and the Caribbean as president of the Concacaf organisation, said that he believed 'it was time' for the tournament to return to the UK. He also said that an England-led bid should be encouraged by Fifa's new strategy of awarding tournaments that avoids expensive bidding contests and the 'shenanigans' around votes in the past. England has not attempted to bid for the men's tournament after the controversial vote in 2010 for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups when it was alleged that Fifa members were bribed to vote for Russia and
Times15-05-2025PoliticsTimesIt's time UK hosted men's World Cup again, says Fifa leaderThe United Kingdom has been urged to bid to host the men's World Cup by one of football's most powerful leaders. Victor Montagliani, a Fifa vice-president who runs football in north and central America and the Caribbean as president of the Concacaf organisation, said that he believed 'it was time' for the tournament to return to the UK. He also said that an England-led bid should be encouraged by Fifa's new strategy of awarding tournaments that avoids expensive bidding contests and the 'shenanigans' around votes in the past. England has not attempted to bid for the men's tournament after the controversial vote in 2010 for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups when it was alleged that Fifa members were bribed to vote for Russia and